Eureka by Motor [in 1909]
F.L with contributions from the HCHS Team
A 1909 “road trip” article originally published in Sunset Magazine (April 1909) enhanced with the addition of images and maps curated by the Humboldt County Historical Society team.
“Give Women a Square Deal!” 100 Years Ago… Women’s Suffrage
Alex Service
Through the lens of Fortuna politics and the wider California experience, Dr. Alex Service explores the women’s right to vote in the United State on the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.
Camping at Bald Hills
Kate McFarlan, with an introduction by Deborah Baskette
An 1874 “road trip” is described through an excerpt from young Kate McFarlan’s diary.
Hearts (Hart’s) Valley School at Showers Pass (Closed but Memories Linger), Part I
Rowetta Stapp Miller
A look at the last few years of rural Heart’s (Hart’s) Valley School in the early 1950s.
The Editor’s Rabbit Hole: “Dear Jerry”
Wendy Platt Hill
Occasional editorial on topics of the issue: Jerry Scott.
“The cover is a tribute to the two “road trip” articles in this issue. Six months ago when this issue was planned, a road trip sounded like a perfect diversion for summer. Right now, in the middle of “stay at home” it is a fantasy trip. Join our two road trip travelers, one braving travel through the wilds of 1909 northern California in a new motorized contraption, a car, while our other traveler uses a more conventional mode of transportation, a horse, to explore the Bald Hills of northern Humboldt in the mid-1870s. Pictured on the cover is a traveler in a 1908 Maxwell identified by board member Chuck Petty. The image is courtesy of HCHS President Steve Lazar’s extensive postcard collection. The photo for the postcard was taken by Jesse Meiser who lived in Humboldt county between 1905 and 1910.”